ROME.The appearance by Bosnian and Haitian officials before delegates at the
International Criminal Court (ICC) conference Thursday put the spotlight on internal
conflicts, a subject whose inclusion in the Court's docket remains in dispute.

ROME.The involvement of children in gruesome wars, from Uganda to Sri Lanka, could
prod nations deciding the shape of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to criminalise
the recruitment of soldiers below the age of 18, officials of the UN Children's Fund
(UNICEF) contend.

STRASBOURG. The
European Parliament adopted Thursday a unanimous resolution calling on European Union
member states at the Rome conference ''to be active in ensuring a successful outcome, i.e.
an effective International Criminal Court and not to compromise on essential points of
principle in efforts to conciliate reluctant states."

ROME. Rape has been
officially listed as a war crime since the end of World War I, but that has not stopped
combatants from using sexual violence as a weapon in conflict, rights campaigner Indai
Lourdes Sajor told the Plenary Thursday